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    Indigenous peoples in Russia

    Of the more than 180 peoples inhabiting the territory of contemporary Russia, 40 are officially recognised as indigenous. While the Russian constitution and national legislation set out the rights of “indigenous minority peoples of the North”, there is no such concept as “Free, Prior and Informed Consent” enshrined in legislation.
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Russia: Charged with high treason for cooperating with Norway

Ivan Moseeev, leader of the Pomor movement in the White Sea area and director of the Institute of Indigenous Peoples and Minorities at the University of Arkhangelsk is accused for high treason in favor of the neighboring country of Norway in accordance to paragraph 275 in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and for incitement of ethnic hatred, paragraph 282.

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